I always thought I wouldn't be this person, the person who breaks down every wall for others.

There's a quote that says, “I think she was afraid to love sometimes. I think it scared her. She was the type to like things that were concrete, like the ocean. Something you could point to and know what it was. I think that’s why she always struggled….and I think that’s why she always struggled with love. She couldn’t touch it. She couldn’t hold on to it and make sure it never changed.”

I am just now, at 20 years old, realizing that I am and never was the girl in this quote. I never will be.

Us hopeless romantics are too kind, too loving and too giving. Despite all the pain, the heartbreak, the distress and reasons not trust people, we still do. Our hearts are the size of the big, wide ocean.

No, we don't need people but we want people and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. That doesn't make us needy. That doesn't make us crazy and that especially doesn't make us "too attached."

It makes us who we are, and will continue to shape us.

"For a hopeless romantic, life=love."

We would not be able to survive without it. It is the one thing we crave the most. The one thing that makes us realize how amazing it is to be alive.

We want that fairytale love because we know it exists. Yes, it's rare but it's out there, and we won't stop until we get it.

We are thankful because we know that without love, this world would not be the same.

Us hopeless romantics are so strong. We don't give up. Despite all the reasons to stop, the past relationships and failures, we keep going. We will keep going until we find the love that sets our soul on fire.

I am proud to love love because I know that if I didn't strive to have love in my life, I could be missing out on the most amazing opportunity.

I am proud to be a hopeless romantic because I know I deserve the love that fairytale books describe. Everybody does.

We just recognize that we do.

So be proud to love love! There is nothing wrong with loving the absolute crap out of everything. People will put up walls whether we want them to or not, but we will always be there, on the other side, telling them how amazing it feels to have love in your life.